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Stamp duty cut: Would it really help first-time buyers or drive up house prices yet again?
Will potential abolition of 1% rate be a help to prospective homeowners or lead to further property market inflation?
Budget 2027: Jack Chambers plays down expectations of big tax giveaway after Harris comments
Taoiseach warns one-off cost-of-living payments can erode ability to tackle longer term issues, including childcare
The Cork town transformed from small village to one of the most prosperous areas in Ireland
Carrigaline, south of Cork city, is experiencing challenges familiar to many dormitory areas that enjoy rapid growth
Fine Gael ‘cannot afford to cede ground to other political groups on Irish unity’
Party must ‘plan, prepare and articulate’ what a united Ireland means, Neale Richmond to tell members
The Magaverse is echoing the language of Ireland’s most pro-data centre party
The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience
We must honour Donogh O’Malley’s legacy by cutting school class sizes
More than 425,000 pupils are in oversized classes, yet we have lost almost 500 teachers
Your guide to the four basic camps in Irish politics
How these political forces negotiate the great tides of the age will determine the country’s future, for good or ill
The two things that make Ireland expensive: Energy and housing
The drivers of Ireland’s high-cost economy are many but two stand out
Honest assessment is needed of Ireland’s military neutrality
Government policies are at odds with stated position
Harris indicates income tax package could be above €1.5bn if additional revenues raised
Minister for Finance determined that people would not be penalised with higher tax bracket if in receipt of overtime pay or promotion
Impact of levy to cover education spending overrun bemoaned by Department of Enterprise
Jack Chambers, who is imposing the levy, said his department would suppress roles and cut spending on consultancy and research to find savings
Our politicians need to engage us with ideas as smart as the one for parents in New York
Criticising the Government isn’t enough: Opposition parties have to convince us they could make our lives better
If there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden
Excise duty cuts decision indicates if there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden
Fuel supports extended by two months as Dáil vote splits Healy-Rae brothers
Reduction of 30c per litre for diesel and 25c for petrol to remain in place until October 31st
New Arts Council chief takes on a troubled organisation in tough political climate
Shona McCarthy will need to retain support of an Arts Minister not reluctant to speak his mind
Planned increases to fuel excise duty from next month will not go ahead, Government says
Restoration of cuts to be kept under review while geopolitical situation remains uncertain, Minister says
Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it
The existing system of unlimited free public water for all households is unsustainable in the long term and unfair
Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’
Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts
Rural TDs lobby Simon Harris to stall plans to reinstate full rate of fuel excise duty
There are mixed views among Coalition backbenchers over next month’s planned increase
FG TDs ask firm behind Friedreich’s ataxia drug to consider compassionate access scheme
Meeting held with representatives from Biogen, which makes drug Skyclarys
‘A very dark day in Carlow’: Sisters seriously injured in fatal M9 crash are named
Taoiseach ‘shocked and saddened at horrific road crash’
Micheál Martin says talk of Border poll makes him go ‘bananas’
Taoiseach said party colleagues should concentrate on the benefits of the Shared Island initiative
Calls to examine additional parent’s leave for births of twins and triplets
Cork North West Deputy John Paul O’Shea said current arrangements do not adequately reflect additional demands placed on families
Vape tax increase being considered after it raises €22m in nine months
Increase likely to be announced in Budget 2027
The Limerick mayor, the Government councillors, and a significant row
John Moran’s time in office marked by clashes, in particular one concerning passage of Limerick’s corporate plan
Irish officials proposed scrapping ‘linchpin’ of climate legislation
Move would have ‘scuppered any notion that this Government takes climate action seriously’, environmentalists say
Micheál Martin thinks voters reward delivery. Simon Harris is not convinced
Micheál Martin is a ‘deliverist’ at heart; Harris, by contrast, does things, tells people about them, shows he is doing them – on repeat
Is the Irish economy really Trump-proof? We’d better hope so
As the Taoiseach eyes the exit and the unity debate gets louder, the current calm in Irish politics may not last
Public urged to avoid areas of Co Wicklow due to reignition of wildfire
But ‘promising’ signs of containment of week-long blaze on Slievenamon, Co Tipperary
Pharmacists’ powers to prescribe contraception expected to be in place by year end
Women will be able to get monthly repeat prescriptions at chemists after initial GP consultation
Mary Lou McDonald says Irish unity talks with Simon Harris ‘extremely constructive’
Sinn Féin leader says there is now a recognition that parties need to work collaboratively on the issue
Why Simon Harris will really struggle to move the dial on income tax in the Budget
Fine Gael aspirations to help ‘people who get up early in the morning’ might be kept in check by realpolitik
Miriam Lord’s End-of-Dáil-term awards: Holly Cairns still getting under Taoiseach’s skin
Hissy fits, bust-ups, mortification and demonstrations of backbone as TDs and senators go toe to toe
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